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In reply to the discussion: An anti-gun poster shows a complete cartridge being fired. Again. [View all]Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)29. Technical accuracy doesn't always matter...but sometimes it does.
In the case of gun control advocacy, being clueless about how guns work might or might not be relevant. If the advocacy is for something like universal background checks or better enforcement against straw purchasers, an advocate's ignorance about firearms technology isn't really germane. However, a lot of gun control proposals target specific features of firearms. It obviously behooves advocates of that sort of measure to know what they're talking about.
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Is it seriously your assertion tht anyone who is against criminalizing anything that kills children
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2014
#22
Exactly. Precisely the same as buying booze for an alcoholic then feigning surprise when...
villager
Apr 2014
#46
Pretty much the same, a false equivalency that would make any researcher cringe.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2014
#34
what was "their point" were they trying to precisely accurately depict a gun being fired?
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#3
So McDonalds isn't "credible" because it uses a clown in its advertisements instead of a
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#9
Not I....but he sure HAS sold alot of burgers....no realistic representation required
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#36
So???? This changes the point that creative license is always used as a medium in
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#48
No creative license in advertisement....is meant to capture attention.....
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#50
I don't even care ....what difference does that make to the overall message?
VanillaRhapsody
Apr 2014
#54
They're not missing the point. This is the type of misdirection that proliferationists are schooled
villager
Apr 2014
#15
So to defend this poster, you point out that it's as accurate a depiction of guns as a Bugs Bunny
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#32
A prominent anti-gun activist has recently explicitly admiited that her side's arguments are based
Jgarrick
Apr 2014
#43
Admitted? It is obvious. There is nothing but fear, hate, disdain and paranoia.
geckosfeet
Apr 2014
#47
I would have made it look just as dumb for half the price. Bloomberg should call me. nt
Nuclear Unicorn
Apr 2014
#64
For those who are down with this sort of exaggeration for effect...
friendly_iconoclast
Apr 2014
#42